Senco

**Burnside College**
North Tyneside

New

**Salary**:

MPS/UPS + TLR 1b

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:

1st January 2025
4 October 2024

**Job overview**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join Burnside College in a role which is central to our core aim of being an inclusive school that ensures all students are given the most appropriate support and skills to allow them to thrive and make progress.

The SENCo is responsible for the day to day management and strategic development of SEN across the school. They will work closely with the Deputy Headteacher responsible for students and inclusion and will manage a team of staff deployed to support teaching and learning. The SENCo will work with students, parents/carers, school staff and outside agencies to assess barriers to learning and identify the most appropriate intervention to meet student needs.

Applicants will be highly motivated and have a passion to ensure that our learners achieve the very best that they can at all times. The core purpose of the role will be to uphold the fundamental standards of pride, respect and achievement with all learners but also ensure that all students receive the highest standard of bespoke support.

Burnside College is a good school, with outstanding sixth form provision. We put teaching and learning first and are committed to providing a high quality and inclusive learning experience for all. Furthermore, we are committed to the development of staff and you will be joining a supportive school with an excellent environment in which to continue your professional development.

**As SENCo you will**:

- Undertake the role of SENCo ensuring the statutory obligations of the role are effectively met
- Provide clear leadership and direction for the school’s special educational needs provision
- Be an inspirational and innovative practitioner able to engage with colleagues and external agencies to ensure that aspirational teaching with appropriate targeted support is delivered
- Be committed to ensuring every student reaches their full potential regardless of their
- individual need
- Be aware of the local and national agendas for SEND and inform leadership accordingly
- Have excellent analytical and data management skills to successfully collect and interpret data and be able to effectively inform stakeholders
- Create a learning environment in which students feel valued, supported and happy whilst being part of the whole school community
- Coordinate and review EHCPs
- Maintain the school’s register of educational needs and ensure the timely review of students who have or are displaying an educational need
- Present a coherent and accurate account of SEN provision to a range of audiences
- Continually review the effectiveness of the school’s special educational needs provision and proactively seek to develop this further
- Work with colleagues to extend accessible extra curricular and learning opportunities beyond the classroom
- Contribute to the school’s CPD program on specific needs and strategies to ensure colleagues are informed and able to effectively support students with additional needs

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**Attached documents**:

- Application Form - SENCo.docx
95.24KB
Application Pack - SENCo.pdf
1.96MB
Inspection report
161.19KB

**About **Burnside College**:
**Burnside College**
- St. Peter's Road, Wallsend
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE28 7LQ
United Kingdom
+44 191 259 8500
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At Burnside our aim is simple, to be the best that we can be, both as individuals and as a community. We all work together to make our college the best it can be and share decisions about how to reach our potential. We believe in the strength and consistency of our three core values**:pride**, **respect** and **achievement**.

**Pride**: we take pride in all that we do, our work, the way that we present ourselves, and our actions.

**Respect**: we respect the thoughts, beliefs and personal qualities of those around us and act with kindness and tolerance, treating one another in a way that accepts that we are individuals and have separate thoughts, feelings and needs.

**Achievement**: we are resilient and determined; we don’t give up when we encounter problems we always try our best. We seek to be the best we can both personally and academically.
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